#C738C4#C738C4

#C738C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.233 H 328.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C738C4
RGBrgb(199, 56, 196)
HSLhsl(301, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(301, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 71.9%, 1.5%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(50.64, 70.91, -43.45)
CIE-LCHlch(50.64, 83.16, 328.50°)
OKLaboklab(60.51% 0.1992 -0.1202)
OKLCHoklch(60.51% 0.233 328.9)
XYZxyz(34.9308, 18.9586, 54.0334)
Luminance0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C738C4 #38C73B
analogous
#8338C7 #C738C4 #C7387C
triadic
#C738C4 #C4C738 #38C4C7
tetradic
#C738C4 #C78338 #38C73B #387CC7
square
#C738C4 #C78338 #38C73B #387CC7
split-complementary
#C738C4 #7CC738 #38C783
monochromatic
#671D66 #972B95 #C738C4 #D468D2 #E298E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38
#C738C4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79
#C738C4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C738C4
4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C738C4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C738C41.004.384.794.79
#FFFFFF4.381.0021.0021.00
#0000004.7921.001.001.00
##0000004.7921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#216CC8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#607FC0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CE4D7B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c738c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.233 328.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7dd6',
    500: '#c738c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c738c4;
$custom-light: #dc7dd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c738c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.259,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60511,
    "c": 0.23261,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C738C4
secondary
#8DCD8F
accent
#DF4C48
background
#FEF8FD
surface
#FCEFFA
border
#D5CAD3
text
#160B14
muted
#847C83

Preview Lab

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#C738C4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva